Stoke City 3:1 Watford: Championship Match Result

Championship

Stoke City WWDWWL

3:1

Finished

Kick-off was 14 Mar, 15:00 UTC

Watford LLWLLL

Venue: bet365 Stadium City: Stoke-on-Trent

In the Championship game on 14 March 2026, Stoke City beat Watford 3:1. Match numbers: shots on target 12:4, corners 6:7.

Key numbers

Possession, % 44 – 56.00

Shots on target 12 – 4

Shots off target 4 – 7

Expected goals 1.66 – 1.83

🟨 17' T. Rigo — Yellow card ⚽ 28' M. Manhoef — Goal 🟨 50' S. Thomas — Yellow card 🟨 51' N. Mendy — Yellow card 🟨 60' M. Talovierov — Yellow card ⇄ 62' V. Semedo — Substitution ⇄ 70' E. Bocat — Substitution ⇄ 71' M. Smit — Substitution ⇄ 71' T. Ince — Substitution ⇄ 71' N. Mendy — Substitution 🟨 72' T. Simkin — Yellow card ⚽ 77' M. Manhoef — Goal ⇄ 79' M. Manhoef — Substitution ⇄ 79' J. Bae — Substitution ⚽ 81' N. Irankunda — Goal ⇄ 83' S. N'Zonzi — Substitution ⚽ 85' S. Gallagher — Goal ⇄ 86' S. Mfuni — Substitution ⇄ 86' I. Louza — Substitution 🟨 90+3' N. Irankunda — Yellow card

Match events

17' 0:0 Stoke City Yellow card T. Rigo
28' 1:0 Stoke City Goal M. Manhoef assist: M. Smit
50' 1:0 Stoke City Yellow card S. Thomas
51' 1:0 Watford Yellow card N. Mendy
60' 1:0 Stoke City Yellow card M. Talovierov
62' 1:0 Watford Substitution V. Semedo off: N. Irankunda
70' 1:0 Stoke City Substitution E. Bocat off: B. Gibson
71' 1:0 Stoke City Substitution M. Smit off: S. Gallagher
71' 1:0 Watford Substitution T. Ince off: J. Lawson
71' 1:0 Watford Substitution N. Mendy off: P. Ekwah
72' 1:0 Stoke City Yellow card T. Simkin
77' 2:0 Stoke City Goal M. Manhoef
79' 2:0 Stoke City Substitution M. Manhoef off: J. Rak-Sakyi
79' 2:0 Stoke City Substitution J. Bae off: B. Pearson
81' 2:1 Watford Goal N. Irankunda assist: G. Chakvetadze
83' 2:1 Stoke City Substitution S. N'Zonzi off: T. Seko
85' 3:1 Stoke City Goal S. Gallagher assist: S. Thomas
86' 3:1 Watford Substitution S. Mfuni off: E. Bove
86' 3:1 Watford Substitution I. Louza off: L. Kjerrumgaard
90+3' 3:1 Watford Yellow card N. Irankunda

Statistics

44 Possession, % 56.00

12 Shots on target 4

4 Shots off target 7

1.66 Expected goals 1.83

1 Big chances 4

75 Attacks 101

6 Corners 7

11 Fouls 13

13 Free kicks 11

2 Offsides 0

4 Yellow cards 2

0 Red cards 0

7 Goal kicks 6

20 Throw-ins 20

All statistics

25/4260% Aerial duels 17/4240%

39 Backward passes 69

3 Blocked shots 4

29 Clearances 34

7/2035% Crosses 3/2711%

4/944% Dribbles 4/1040%

1.70 Expected assists 1.10

91 Failed passes 85

3 Goalkeeper saves 9

11 Interceptions 6

14 Key passes 9

19/5137% Long passes 23/5840%

49 Passes into the final third 131

181 Passes in the opposition half 290

157 Passes in own half 128

0.63 Shot accuracy 0.27

6 Shots from outside the box 6

13 Shots inside the box 9

7/1164% Tackles 6/1346%

318 Total passes 391

Line-ups

Stoke City

Starting XI
#	Player	number
25	Tommy Simkin	25
17	Eric-Junior Bocat	17
22	Junior Baptiste Tchamadeu	22
26	Ashley Phillips	26
40	Maksym Talovierov	40
7	Sorba Thomas	7
10	Jun-Ho Bae	10
15	Steven N'Kemboanza Mike Christ Nzonzi	15
19	Tomáš Rigo	19
42	Million Manhoef	42
49	Milen Smith	49

Substitutes
#	Player	number
34	Frank Fielding	34
23	Ben Gibson	23
4	Ben Pearson	4
12	Tatsuki Seko	12
50	S. Agina	50
59	G. Kelly	59
20	Samuel James Gallagher	20
21	Jesurun Rak-Sakyi	21
29	Mohamed Lamine Cissé	29

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Watford

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Egil Selvik	1
3	Saba Goglichidze	3
16	Marc Joel Bola	16
21	S. Mfouni	21
25	James Bright Adusei Abankwah	25
7	Tom Ince	7
8	Giorgi Chakvetadze	8
10	Imrân Louza	10
23	Nampalys Mendy	23
18	V. Semedo	18
39	Edouard Kayembe Kayembe	39

Substitutes
#	Player	number
12	Nathan Baxter	12
4	Kévin Keben Biakolo	4
6	Matthew Pollock	6
15	Edoardo Bove	15
17	Pierre-Emmanuel Ekwah Elimby	17
9	Luca Tange Kjerrumgaard	9
53	Amin Nabizada	53
66	Nestory Irankunda	66